Senate Bill sb1688

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1688

    By Senator Holzendorf





    2-1170-01                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to police reports; amending s.

  3         119.105, F.S.; requiring persons who request

  4         access to police reports to sign an affidavit

  5         as a condition of obtaining access to such

  6         reports; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Section 119.105, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         119.105  Protection of victims of crimes or

13  accidents.--

14         (1)  Police reports are public records except as

15  otherwise made exempt or confidential by general or special

16  law. Every person is allowed to examine nonexempt or

17  nonconfidential police reports. No person who inspects or

18  copies police reports for the purpose of obtaining the names

19  and addresses of the victims of crimes or accidents shall use

20  any information contained therein for any commercial

21  solicitation of the victims or relatives of the victims of the

22  reported crimes or accidents. Nothing herein shall prohibit

23  the publication of such information by any news media or the

24  use of such information for any other data collection or

25  analysis purposes.

26         (2)  Every person who requests to inspect or copy a

27  police report must sign an affidavit as a condition of

28  obtaining access to such report.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1688
    2-1170-01                                               See HB




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